'Best I’ve ever seen in Test Cricket': AB de Villiers' ultimate praise for Indian duo

Indian players Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jeja have received high acclaim from former South Africa captain AB de Villiers, who dubbed ir partnership as " right up ir with best-ever" he has witnessed in Test cricket. Pant and Jeja forged a crucial 222-run partnership on Day 1 of ongoing fifth Test against England after a shaky start from ir top-order batters. De Villiers turned to Twitter to heap praise on batting duo, saying "counterattack partnership' from m is easily one of best kcks he has seen in red-ball format. 

"Haven’t been home and missed most of Cricket action. Finished watching highlights w. That counterattack partnership from @RishabhPant17 and @imjeja is right up re with best I’ve ever seen in Test Cricket!" De Villiers wrote on Twitter. 

England vs India: 5th Test

Pant and Jeja came to bat when India were struggling at 98-5. India h alrey lost likes of Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer cheaply. Pant and Jeja toger rescued India from suffering a potential batting collapse by smashing 222 runs between m. Pant led attack against England bowlers by hitting 146 off 111 balls. Jeja, on or hand, played second fiddle to Pant for most of day before ultimately finishing with a century of his own on Day 2 of match. 

Later in innings, Stuart Bro created an unwanted world record as he gave away 35 runs in an over against Bumrah. It was most runs conceded in an over in history of Test cricket. Earlier, record was held by Robin Peterson, who h conceded 28 against West Indies. 

amazing kcks from Pant and Jeja helped India post a mammoth first-innings total of 416 runs. India n bowled England out for just 284 runs after Jonny Bairstow played a superb kck to reach his century. India entered third innings of match with a massive le of 132 runs. James Anderson, Stuart Bro, and Ben Stokes mand to take wickets of Gill, Vihari, and Kohli early on in third innings. Pujara and Pant n steied India's ship and finished at 125/3 at stumps on Day 3. 

play on Day 4 has begun with Pujara and Pant resuming India's innings at ir overnight scores of 50 and 30 runs, respectively. India will look to bat for at least two sessions today before attempting to bowl England out for second time in match.

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